Asymmetric Animals

RocketManJames · #1 07-07-2006, 05:28 PM

Are there any "large" animals that are naturally asymmetric?

I mean truly asymmetric where there doesn't exist any axis which that they are more or less shaped similarly. Also, I am only referring to the external features.

And, of these creatures... which ones are the largest? Or perhaps, most interesting?

-RMJ

swede123 · #2 07-07-2006, 05:30 PM

Are there any animals that could be considered asymetric? Any living organisms at all?

Swede

jstnrgrs · #3 07-07-2006, 05:33 PM

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Well, I'm sure an amoeba, or even a tree could be considered asymetric, but I haven't thought of any animals. (Lobsters have one claw bigger than the other, but I don't think that's what OP means.)

szw · #4 07-07-2006, 05:33 PM

mary kate and ashley olsen?

RocketManJames · #5 07-07-2006, 05:34 PM

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Well, I'm sure an amoeba, or even a tree could be considered asymetric, but I haven't thought of any animals. (Lobsters have one claw bigger than the other, but I don't think that's what OP means.)

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Ya, I specified 'large' animals, because I wanted to avoid something like a weird amoeba or some funky insect. Was more interested in hearing about natural asymmetries in larger vertebrates.

I thought about this for a while, and I really couldn't think of any.

-RMJ